Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Wed, 12 May 2010 20:49:45 -0300, Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
>> But I think it may be culture-speecific, and even "oh but I'm talking
>> only of the western world" is too broad. Jim, have *you* heard of
>> Favaloro? :)
> 
> Not really, but then again, I don't keep up on current events when it
> comes to surgeons (and I personally don't watch a lot of news myself).

"In 1967, René Favaloro became the first surgeon to perform a coronary 
bypass surgery on a patient suffering from Coronary artery disease. This 
procedure later developed into the most important technology in coronary 
surgery."

How is that a "current" event?

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